Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, has said ending the Boko Haram insurgency requires involvement of Borno and Yobe people.
The CDS said this in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, when he alongside the Chief of Army Staff, General Waidi Shaibu, relocated to Maiduguri, on the directives of President Bola Tinubu, to take direct charge of the situation in the state.
President Tinubu gave the directive following the multiple explosions that rocked Borno, resulting in deaths and injuries.
Addressing North-East residents, Oluyede said, “I want to put it clearly this afternoon that for us to end this act of terrorism, the people of Borno State and Yobe must take ownership of this problem.
“Bulk of people perpetrating this heinous act are from these states, they are our brothers, sisters, cousins and we know them.
“For example, when Kukawa was attacked, and we were conducting cordon and search afterward, we realised that two of the people that came to attack Kukawa were those inside that village. That means they are accomplices,” he said
He said to bring the Boko Haram crisis to an end, all hands must be on deck, and the communities must resolve that the situation should come to an end.
“We must take ownership of this crisis. That is my message to the people of Yobe and Borno,” he insisted.
On terrorists using drones and advanced technology in attacking the military bases and civilians locations, he said, “it’s something that is evolving, and we are responding with germans drones and we are getting more of the drones.”
Recall that Boko Haram terrorists have intensified attacks on both military and civilian locations.
